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Brought to bed : childbearing in America, 1750 to 1950 / Judith Walzer Leavitt.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York : Oxford University Press, 1986Description: ix, 284 pages : illustrations ; 25 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0195038436
  • 9780195038439
Other title:
  • Childbearing in America, 1750 to 1950
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 618.200973 19
LOC classification:
  • RG518.U5 L4 1986
Contents:
Introduction -- 1. "Under the Shadow of Maternity": Childbirth and Women's Lives in America -- 2. "Science" Enters the Birthing Room: The Impact of Physician Obstetrics -- 3. "Overcivilization and Maternity": Differences in Women's Childbirth Experiences -- 4. "Only a Woman Can Know": The Role of Gender in the Birthing Room -- 5. "The Greatest Blessing of This Age": Pain Relief in Obstetrics -- 6. Why Women Suffer So: Meddlesome Midwifery and Scrupulous Cleanliness -- 7. "Alone Among Strangers": Birth Moves to the Hospital -- 8. Decision-Making and the Process of Change -- Epilogue -- Notes -- Chronology of Events in Childbirth History -- Glossary of Medical Terms -- Index.
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Book South Campus South Campus Main Collection 618.200973 LEA (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available A482995B

Includes bibliographical references (pages 219-261) and index.

Introduction -- 1. "Under the Shadow of Maternity": Childbirth and Women's Lives in America -- 2. "Science" Enters the Birthing Room: The Impact of Physician Obstetrics -- 3. "Overcivilization and Maternity": Differences in Women's Childbirth Experiences -- 4. "Only a Woman Can Know": The Role of Gender in the Birthing Room -- 5. "The Greatest Blessing of This Age": Pain Relief in Obstetrics -- 6. Why Women Suffer So: Meddlesome Midwifery and Scrupulous Cleanliness -- 7. "Alone Among Strangers": Birth Moves to the Hospital -- 8. Decision-Making and the Process of Change -- Epilogue -- Notes -- Chronology of Events in Childbirth History -- Glossary of Medical Terms -- Index.

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